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   relay

   noun

   • 1. a group of people or animals engaged in a task or activity for a period of time and then replaced by a similar group: "the wagons were pulled by relays of horses"
   • ▪ a race between teams of runners, each team member in turn covering part of the total distance: "a 550-metre relay race"
   • 2. an electrical device, typically incorporating an electromagnet, which is activated by a current or signal in one circuit to open or close another circuit.
   • 3. a device to receive, reinforce, and retransmit a radio or television signal: "TV transmitters and relay stations"
   • ▪ a signal or broadcast transmitted by a relay: "a relay of a performance live from the concert hall"

   verb

   • 1. receive and pass on (information or a message): "she intended to relay everything she had learned"
   • ▪ broadcast (something) by passing signals received from elsewhere through a transmitting station: "the speech was relayed live from the palace"

   Word Origin late Middle English (referring to the provision of fresh hounds on the track of a deer): from Old French relai (noun), relayer (verb), based on Latin laxare ‘slacken’.

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   What does it mean to relay a signal?

   • signal To relay television or radio signals means to send them or broadcast them. The satellite will be used mainly to relay television programmes. repeat If you relay something that has been said to you, you repeat it to another person. She relayed the message, then frowned.

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   How is a relay pronounced?

   • The verb is pronounced (rɪleɪ ). A relay or a relay race is a race between two or more teams, for example teams of runners or swimmers. Each member of the team runs or swims one section of the race. Britain's prospects of beating the United States in the relay looked poor. To relay television or radio signals means to send them or broadcast them.

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   Is relay a noun or noun?

   • Relay is also a noun . More than a thousand people outside listened to a relay of the proceedings. A relay is a piece of equipment that receives television or radio signals from one place and sends them to another place. ...a security system with satellite relays. ...a television relay station.

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   What does relay mean?

   • : servomotor : to place or dispose in relays : to control or operate by a relay Noun Our relay team is training for next weekend's race. a satellite relay of a television signal We set up a relay to carry buckets of water to the campsite. They worked in relays to clear the rubble.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishRELAY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   RELAY definition: 1. to repeat something you have heard, or to broadcast a signal, message, or programme on…. Learn more.

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     RELAY meaning: 1. to repeat something you have heard, or to...

   • Znaczenie Relay, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     relay definicja: 1. to repeat something you have heard, or...

   • Relay: German Translation

     relay translate: übertragen, die Übertragung. Learn more in...

   • Relay Spanish Translation

     RELAY translate: transmitir, retransmitir, relevo, carrera...

   • Relay: Russian Translation

     RELAY translate: передавать (сообщение и т. д.) ,...

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     RELAY translate: 传达，转发;播放;转播, 组, 接替的一组人;轮换的一队人, （跑步或游泳的）接力赛,...

   • Portuguese Translation

     RELAY translate: passar adiante, retransmitir, turno,...

   • Relay: French Translation

     RELAY translate: retransmettre, relais. Learn more in the...

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word relay, from a supply of horses or people to an electromagnetic device or a race. See examples, synonyms, etymology and more.

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   Relay definition: a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.. See examples of RELAY used in a sentence.

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   noun. electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit. synonyms: electrical relay. see more. Definitions of relay (/riˈleɪ/) verb. pass along.

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   A relay is an electrically operated switch. It consists of a set of input terminals for a single or multiple control signals, and a set of operating contact terminals. The switch may have any number of contacts in multiple contact forms, such as make contacts, break contacts, or combinations thereof.

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   noun. ( Mechanical engineering: Control, instrumentation and metrology) A relay is a device that controls the setting of a valve or switch automatically by means of an electric motor, solenoid, or pneumatic mechanism. If the alarm is triggered, the relay automatically cuts off the heater.

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    A relay is a device that responds to a small change in current or voltage by activating switches or other devices in an electric circuit. It can also mean an act of passing something along, a race between teams, or a crew of workers who relieve another crew.